Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg. Lending limits have also increased.

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 12, 2024

Global law firm White & Case has appointed Sten Olsson as a Partner within its global M&A practice and global private equity industry group in Helsinki. Olsson advises international and Nordic private equity firms and corporations on mergers and acquisitions, investments, carve-outs and divestments.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 27, 2024

Scrivani was most recently a partner at international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Scrivani advises private equity firms and public and private clients on leveraged buyouts and other private equity transactions, public company acquisitions, sales and divestitures and mergers of equals.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 12 of its existing attorneys as the firm’s latest Partners, effective 1 November, including several whose practices cater for private equity and other private credit and private fund clients.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Frontenac bought it in 2020 and merged it with other firms to form Integris in 2021, then supported it through several acquisitions. OMERS Private Equity will support management in maintaining its impressive track record of profitable growth, both organically and through strategic acquisitions.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, I have an extra special guest, his name is Steve Klinsky, and he has an absolutely storied history in the field of private equity. And so I joined Goldman in there, it was a 12-person merger department. And Goldman was the size of a law firm back then.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 11, 2023

A month ago, Reuters reported that KKR closed its largest ever European buyout fund at $8 billion: KKR & Co Inc (KKR) said on Tuesday it had closed its sixth and largest European private equity fund at $8 billion, a significant boost for the investment firm at a time of market volatility and sinking interest in major acquisitions.

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